Archive of Research News

Bowel cancer cells missing one of three genes can rapidly reshuffle
their genetic ‘pack of cards’ – the chromosomes that hold the cell’s genetic
information. This reshuffling has been previously shown to render tumours more
resistant to treatment.More...

Alcohol consumption could be much higher than previously thought,
with more than three quarters of people in England drinking in excess of the
recommended daily alcohol limit, according to a new paper in the European Journal of Public Health.More...

Individuals with psychogenic disease (i.e. physical illness stemming from emotional or mental stresses) have
brains that function differently to people with organic diseases, according to new research from UCL and the University of Cambridge.More...

Historians from UCL have produced the first freely accessible database of Britons involved in slave-ownership. The resource will help people explore their family, local and regional histories, and help increase understanding about a national past that is often obscured. More...

A substantial proportion of individuals
with a clinical diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) inherit a
combination of small-effect changes in several genes (polygenic) rather than a
large-effect mutation in a single gene (monogenic), according to a new paper in The Lancet.More...

People with disabilities are at a greater risk
of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimised,
according to research published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE.More...

Between 1990 and 2010 new HIV infections in the UK rose in men who have sex with men (MSM). The rise was driven by a 26 per cent increase in the
proportion having condomless sex, according to new research by UCL and the
Health Protection Agency.More...